Rakesh Singha (born 8 December 1956) is an Indian communist politician and a former member of the

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The seat of the Assembly is at Shimla, the capital of the state. There are 68 Members of Legislative Assembly, al ...

representing the

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. He was a former member of the Central Committee of the CPI(M) and former secretary of CPI(M)

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state committee.

Career

Singha was first elected in 1993 as member of the legislative assembly (MLA) representing the Shimla constituency. However, he was disqualified from holding his seat following a decision of the Supreme Court which upheld his 1987 conviction for involvement in a murder case from 1978 during his time as a student. He came on third position in the

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from Theog. In 2017, Singha was elected from the Theog constituency to the Legislative Assembly. However in

2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh on 12 November 2022 to elect 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 8 December 2022. The result was a victo ...

, he was defeated by

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Electoral performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singha, Rakesh People from Shimla Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians Living people 1956 births Himachal Pradesh MLAs 1993–1998 Himachal Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022